Now this is a pairing I can get behind.
Per Deadline, Netflix and Lionsgate are teaming up on “Fairytale in New York,” a new action thriller starring Aaron Pierre, with “Sisu” helmer Jalmari Helander directing. Netflix will distribute and Lionsgate will produce. The deal closed after a bidding war, and it's easy to see why.
The film comes from an original spec script by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani who also wrote Helander’s upcoming ‘Rambo’ prequel, which is already shot and ready for summer 2027.
‘Fairytale’ is set on Christmas Eve in New York City, and involves a cab driver (Pierre) who spends one crazy night on a revenge spree after someone steals a priceless gift meant for his estranged son. It’s “John Wick,” in a yellow cab, and with snow on the ground.
Helander has proven he knows how to shoot action. The first “Sisu” was a lean, ultra-violent cult film, basically a Finnish “John Wick” from the 1940s with a near-silent, indestructible grandpa killing Nazis in very creative ways. As mentioned, he recently wrapped “John Rambo,” the Vietnam-era prequel starring Noah Centineo, which Lionsgate releases on June 4, 2027.
I actually have yet to see Helander’s ‘Sisu’ sequel— was it any good? Reviews were fairly positive.
You know I'm a big fan of Pierre. In Jeremy Saulnier's “Rebel Ridge” he showed he could carry a film on his own, and he was magnetic as the cool, quiet, and very lethal, ex-Marine taking on a town of dirty cops. That was a star-making turn that led to HBO's hit series “Lanterns,” where he plays John Stewart. I've only seen a few episodes so far.
His 2027 looks even bigger. He'll play John Stewart again in DC Studios' “Man of Tomorrow,” and he's also in “Star Wars: Starfighter” with Ryan Gosling, which opens next May.
Netflix and Lionsgate are teaming up on “Fairytale in New York,” a new action thriller starring Aaron Pierre, with “Sisu” helmer Jalmari Helander directing. Netflix will distribute and Lionsgate will produce.